The Dayak blue flycatcher (Cyornis montanus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to the island of Borneo.[2] The Dayak blue flycatcher, formerly considered conspecific with the Javan blue flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas), was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021.[3]

Dayak blue flycatcher
male
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cyornis
Species:
C. montanus
Binomial name
Cyornis montanus

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Cyornis montanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T216915119A217195296. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-05-27.